What the 21st century does not know about asthma-yet

摘要

The 2007 update of the "Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of asthma," summarized in the November 2007 issue of this Journal, eloquently and completely covers our current understanding of the pathogenesis, diagnosis, and management of asthma. It summarizes what my generation learned during the incredibly productive last half of the 20th century, but we must not become complacen#